# Databend

> Apache-2.0 Rust cloud data warehouse on object storage

**Category:** Databases  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://docs.databend.com  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/databendlabs/databend  
**Added:** 2026-10-18

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## The Hook

Databend is an open-source data warehouse written in Rust that stores data on S3, Azure or GCS and runs analytics, vector search and full-text search in one SQL engine.

## What's Good

Apache-2.0 (databendlabs/databend), developed since 2020. Elastic compute over object storage, transactions, automatic schema evolution, git-like data branching for safe experiments, and sandboxed Python UDFs. Try it locally from Python with the databend-driver package or run the full warehouse in Docker. ★~9.5k.

## The Catch

The README now positions it as an enterprise warehouse for AI agents, and the recommended start is Databend Cloud (free to start, commercial beyond that); self-hosting a cluster is more work. Smaller ecosystem than ClickHouse or DuckDB. Releases are frequent nightly-style builds, so pin versions.

## Verdict

A Snowflake-style warehouse you can run yourself — compare with ClickHouse before choosing.